by David Niven | Dec 3, 2013 | Children, Children & Social Care, Media, Social Work
Media – the real story Yesterday a few journalists in the media went for the jugular and condemned social workers for their abuse of power in the case of an Italian woman whose baby was removed and is now placed for adoption (see yesterdays post: Removal at...
by David Niven | Dec 2, 2013 | Children & Social Care, Media, Mental Health, Social Work
Media portrayal of social work I’ve given media interviews today on both the radio and Sky News about an Italian woman who had her baby removed by caesarean section whilst detained under the Mental Health Act, authorized by the Court of Protection. The back...
by David Niven | Nov 28, 2013 | Child Abuse, Media, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Work
The wrong accusations of paedophiles Bijan Ebrahimi was beaten to death and set on fire in Bristol over the summer. He was falsely accused of being a paedophile and was already the victim of hate crime that took the form of racial and physical abuse on the estate...
by David Niven | Nov 27, 2013 | Media, Social Media, Training
Media Training At David Niven Associates we offer media training for individuals and businesses. Over the last few days I’ve given several radio interviews, some of which were part of a phone in section to the programme and where mainly I was speaking on behalf...
by David Niven | Nov 14, 2013 | Child Abuse, Media, Podcasts, Training
Faith based child abuse, Bullying & Media Training I share thoughts on child abuse in relation to faith and belief. I also cover cyber bullying as next week is anti-bullying week. Finally I reflect on a busy week giving media interviews to both radio and...
by David Niven | Nov 8, 2013 | Media, Social Work, Training
The need for media training in social work Due to my experiences I know the need for media training in social work and the ‘social world’. I’ve been interviewed for the media on a variety of subjects. The most dominant have included child abuse in...
